Social and individual determinants of tobacco consumption in early adolescenceSummary:Objectives: We examined the structure of individual and social determinants of tobacco consumption in early adolescence. Methods: Participants were drawn from a ...
Early onset of alcohol and tobacco use - indicator of enhanced risk of addiction?Summary:Objectives: The early onset of substance use is considered to be one of the best predictors of later addiction problems according to a number of U.S.-American ...
Clinical Youth PsychologyAbstract: Clinical youth psychology deals with deviant developmental pathways for the period from adolescence to early adulthood. Problematic development is caused by smoking and alcohol abuse. Special demands and stress arise ...
Early Consumers of Alcohol and Tobacco - A Group at Risk?Abstract: Epidemiological studies have reported elevated rates of legal drug consumption among adolescents in Germany. The aim of this study was to ascertain patterns and parameters of smoking and ...
Psychosocial Strain and Tobacco Use in Chronically Ill Adolescents in an Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation UnitAbstract: The present study examined chronically ill adolescents in an in-patient medical rehabilitation unit regarding their psychosocial ...
Not nicotine, but an abundant amount of toxic chemicals produced by the combustion of tobacco are the cause of well-known health problems. E-cigarette vapor contains no or only minimal quantities of potentially harmful substances. Hence it can be assumed ...
COPD Therapy in Practice and Hospital: Preventing Exacerbations, Improving PrognosisAbstract. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a disease increasing worldwide. The main risk factor is cigarette smoking. Within time, the chronic bronchial ...
Side Effects of Smoking CessationAbstract. We present the case of a clozapine intoxication associated with aspiration pneumonia due to smoking cessation. Clozapine is mainly metabolized by CYP1A2. CYP1A2 is induced by ...
PneumoLaus: Prevalence of Lung Function Abnormalities in a Sample of the General Population of LausanneAbstract. Reduced lung function predicts increased mortality. The prevalence of spirometric abnormalities ...
Abstract. We investigated the effect of age on cardiometabolic risk and protective factors in females living in a countryside area of Switzerland. For this cross-sectional analysis, data from 268 female adults, who live in ...
Smoking and alcohol consumption as risk factors for later-life dementiaAim: To investigate the risk of older age dementia associated with
smoking and alcohol consumption. Method: Observational epidemio-logical studies were reviewed. </p><p>Results: Case-...
<span class="fett">Aims:</span> </p><ol> <li>Assessment of motivation to change as viewed by primary-care patients and their physicians and</li> <li>analysis of associations of these assessments of motivation with sociodemographic and clinical ...
<span class="fett">Aims:</span> The relationship between socio-economic status (SES), alcohol and tobacco use, and perceived quality of life (QoL) and mental health problems in European adolescents was evaluated. </p><p> <span class="fett">Methods:</span> ...
Alcohol-dependent inpatients use of tobacco: Smoking prevalence, motivation to change, and psychological stress<span class="fett">Aims:</span> Smoking prevalence and motivation to quit of alcohol-dependent in-patients in Germany were studied. The goal ...
Effects of repeated participation in the
non-smoking competition »Be Smart – Don’t Start«<span class="fett">Aim:</span> To study the effects of repeated participation in the competition »Be Smart – Don’t Start«. </p><p> <span class="fett">Method:</span> ...
The need for quality standards in smoking cessation treatments<Span class="fett">Background:</span> The most important measure that can be taken to reduce the number of tobacco-related deaths in the next two decades is to reduce smoking prevalence by ...
Excise tax on children’s use of cigarettes paid by the selling cigarettes firmsBackground: According to estimates of the World Health Organization, during the last century products produced by the tobacco industry were responsible for the deaths of 100 ...